''À peu près'' () is the debut studio album by French singer

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, released on October 6, 2017 through

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Deluxe edition

On April 20, 2018 a deluxe edition of ''À peu près'' was released in digital download format, featuring five bonus tracks recorded live in the "Sessions Montréalaises", those five tracks were also released separately the next day in

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format as an EP with the title ''A Peu Près - Sessions Montréalaises''.

Critical reception

''Madmoizelle'''s Lucie Kosmala said that accepting the album is "accepting to let oneself be enveloped by a melancholy folk and delightful for the time of thirteen titles", and also praised the lyrics: "Her poetic lyrics interweave metaphors into profound and even spiritual songs". She also referred to the influence of

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in her music saying that "other titles finally come to flirt with the chanson française that one could describe as more patrimonial, but at the same time they're being completely modernized, like "Ceux qui rêvent"". ''

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'''s Sylvain Cormier praised Pomme's voice: " ..and that voice with a deliciously porous tone, this voice with an astonishing register that goes from the ultra-acute to the subtle melodies".

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from ''À peu près'' liner notes. Musicians *

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lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

(track 1, 3, 6, 12),

autoharp An autoharp or chord zither is a string instrument belonging to the zither family. It uses a series of bars individually configured to mute all strings other than those needed for the intended chord. The term ''autoharp'' was once a trademark of ...

(track 1 to 3, 6, 8, 10),

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

(track 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11),

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

(track 3, 5, 8),

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gui ...

(track 7, 12),

double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox addit ...

(track 2),

omnichord The Omnichord is an electronic musical instrument introduced in 1981 by the Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation. It typically features a touch plate known as "Sonic Strings", preset rhythms, auto-bass line functionality, and buttons for ma ...

(track 4),

glockenspiel The glockenspiel ( or , : bells and : set) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout. This makes the glockenspiel a type of metallophone, similar to the vibraphone. The glo ...

(track 9) * Benjamin Hekimian – acoustic guitar ,

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, electric guitar ,

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

(track 8, 12),

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

(track 1, 6, 8, 10, 12),

ukelele The ukulele ( ; from haw, ukulele , approximately ), also called Uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii. It generally employs four nylon strings. The tone and volume of the instrume ...

(track 2),

lap steel guitar The lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar, is a type of steel guitar without pedals that is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position across the performer's lap. Unlike the usual manner of playing a traditional ...

(track 3) * Matthieu Joly –

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mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. A ...

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(track 1, 6, 8, 10, 12),

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

(track 3, 10, 11),

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

(track 4), omnichord (track 4) * Rémi Sanna – drums (track 1, 7, 8, 11, 12) *Olivier Marguerit – bass (track 4), acoustic guitar (track 4), piano (track 4), synthesizer (track 4) *Rafael Angster –

bassoon The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuo ...

(track 4) *Jean Thévenin – drums (track 4) *Sammy Decoster – electric guitar (track 4) *Yann Arnaud – percussion (track 4) *Stéphane Bellity – synthesizer (track 4) *Julien Bensenior – backing vocals (track 6) * Siméo – guitar (track 13) Design *Marta Bevacqua – photograph *Frank Loriou –

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Production * Waxx & Matt (Benjamin Hekimian & Matthieu Joly) –

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(track 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) * Yann Arnaud – production (track 4) * Siméo – production (track 13) * Nicolas Risser – mastering * Antoine Gaillet – mixing * Matthieu Joly – recording (track 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) * Yann Arnaud – recording (track 4) * Siméo – recording (track 13) * Christopher Colesse – recording assistance (track 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) Recording * Recorded at Dare Dare Studio and Melodium Studio ( Montreuil,

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) * Mixed at Studio Soyouz * Mastered at Studio Kilohertz * Produced at Melodium Studio

Charts

References

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